Gendergap December 2012

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Breast cancer vs. Gangnam Style
by Ole Palnatoke Andersen 23 Dec '12

23 Dec '12

My friend Peter just tweeted* "Den engelske wikipedia-artikel om Gangnam Style er både længere og har over dobbelt så mange kilder som artiklen om brystkræft." ('the English Wikipedia article on Gangnam style is longer and has more than twice as many references as the article on breast cancer'). He's right ** ***. Will someone please make him wrong? TIA, Ole *) https://twitter.com/peterbrodersen/status/282539324396953602 **) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangnam_Style ***) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_cancer -- http://palnatoke.org * @palnatoke * +4522934588

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[New Blog] WikiProject Women scientists invites your participation
by Sarah Stierch 18 Dec '12

18 Dec '12

Great blog by Keilana! Feel free to ping me if you'd like to write your own blog about your project - all languages and projects welcome!!! -Sarah (See below) https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/12/18/wikiproject-women-scientists-invites-… Starting a WikiProject is a pretty big undertaking, what with sorting out the templates, tagging thousands of articles, and recruiting new members. But I have to say, startingWikiProject Women Scientists <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_scientists>with Sarah Stierch has been one of the most rewarding experiences I've had in my 5 1/2 years contributing to Wikipedia. <https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Aedes_aegypti.jpg…> Biologist Anne Bishop studied the "Aedes aegypti" I had never consciously noticed the gender gap <http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/04/27/nine-out-of-ten-wikipedians-continue-t…> until it was pointed out to me that, as a female Wikipedian, I was a pretty rare commodity. That was a bit of a wake-up call, and I started to think about the systemic bias inherent in Wikipedia, a reference work largely compiled by white males from the Western world. On Ada Lovelace Day <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace_Day#Commemoration>, I decided to create an article about biologist Ann Bishop <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Bishop_%28biologist%29> as my contribution, which was quickly promoted as a /Did you know.../ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Keilana#DYK_for_Ann_Bishop_.28biolog…> and became a Good Article <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_articles> a couple of weeks later. Throughout that process I realized just how many female scientist articles were missing, even among the erstwhile ranks of the Fellows of the Royal Society <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_female_Fellows_of_the_Royal_Society>. I also realized that, as motivated as I was, I couldn't write those articles alone. Thus, a WikiProject was born, and since then, it has gathered 15 members! I want to take a second to invite you to join the project! We have a fairlyactive discussion page <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Women_scientists>where plenty of people are happy to answer questions. The silver lining of systemic bias is that there's a lot of work to do and a lot of ways that people can contribute. A common public opinion is that "if it's not on Wikipedia it doesn't exist" -- so, to our readers, many important, influential scientists "don't exist." Let's change that! Go to Wikipedia:WikiProject Women scientists <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_scientists> to join us! /Wikipedia User:Keilana <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keilana>/ * Copyright notes:Aedes aegypti" <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aedes_aegypti.jpg%22>byMuhammad Mahdi Karim <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Muhammad_Mahdi_Karim>, underGNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GNU_Free_Documentation_License_1…>, from Wikimedia Commons. -- *Sarah Stierch* */Museumist and open culture advocate/* >>Visit sarahstierch.com <http://sarahstierch.com><<

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Happy Birthday, Ada Lovelace!
by Cynthia Ashley-Nelson 10 Dec '12

10 Dec '12

Google pays tribute to Ada Lovelace! Happy Birthday, Ada! http://techland.time.com/2012/12/10/ada-lovelace/ Best regards, Cynthia Ashley-Nelson "Yes. *Her again.*"

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Fwd: J-Lab: Inviting proposals for startup awards
by Sue Gardner 07 Dec '12

07 Dec '12

FYI folks. I know J-Lab a little: they're pretty good :-) Thanks,. Sue ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jan Schaffer <jans(a)j-lab.org> Date: 5 December 2012 12:27 Subject: J-Lab: Inviting proposals for startup awards To: Jan Schaffer <jans(a)j-lab.org> J-Lab is now accepting proposals for $14,000 in start-up funding for women-led media projects. Please share with your women entrepreneurs. Deadline is Jan. 23, 2013. They can apply here: http://www.newmediawomen.org/applying/guidelines And they can see past winners at www.newmediawomen.org. Best, Jan Jan Schaffer Executive Director J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism Entrepreneur in Residence American University School of Communication 3201 New Mexico Ave. NW, Suite 330 Washington, DC 20016 P: 202.885.8100 T: @janjlab www.j-lab.org www.newmediawomen.org

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